With the spread of the Coronavirus COVID-19 there is a need to provide visibility on how this crisis is impacting the electronic components industry and the supply chain. In order to provide this important visibility, ECIA has been conducting surveys of member manufacturing and distributor companies to gain an understanding of this fluid situation. ECIA […]
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Siemens and Qualcomm establish private, standalone 5G network in industrial environment
Siemens and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. have implemented the first private 5G standalone (SA) network in a real industrial environment using the 3.7-3.8GHz band. Both companies have joined forces in this project: Siemens is providing the actual industrial test conditions and end devices such as Simatic control systems and IO devices and Qualcomm is supplying the…
“Engineering Big Ideas” video series: Prototyping tangible products with crowd funding
Mouser Electronics Inc. and celebrity engineer Grant Imahara unveiled the third video in the Engineering Big Ideas series, part of their award-winning Empowering Innovation Together™ program. In part three, Imahara meets with Josh Lifton, President of Crowd Supply, a successful crowd funding platform based in Portland, Ore. Crowd Supply partners with creators and entrepreneurs who […]
2019 LEAP Award winners announced
CLEVELAND, November 5, 2019 — Winners in the second annual LEAP Awards, celebrating the best components and services across the mechanical and electrical engineering design space, were unveiled today. Across 13 categories, the judging panel awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze recognitions, as well as Honorable Mentions for certain submissions. The awards program is supported by three […]
Farnell rebrands its private label collection as Multicomp Pro
Farnell, the Development Distributor, has launched a new collection of affordable components, tools and test equipment under its new brand, Multicomp Pro. This collection brings the very best products from Multicomp, Duratool, Tenma, Pro-Power, Pro-Elec and Pro-Signal under one brand, making it easier for design engineers, technicians and production facilities to identify high-value alternatives, whilst […]
Prototype design with Arduino in latest “Engineering Big Ideas” series video
Mouser Electronics Inc. and celebrity engineer Grant Imahara today released the second video in the Engineering Big Ideas series, part of Mouser’s award-winning Empowering Innovation Together program. Watch the latest video at https://mou.sr/EIT2019-2. In the second video of the Engineering Big Ideas series, Mouser and Imahara take viewers along to Milan, Italy, for a visit to […]
LEAP Awards deadline extended to September 16th
Due to multiple requests for an extension (as well as the Labor Day holiday in the U.S.), the deadline for submissions into the 2019 LEAP Awards has been extended to Monday, September 16th. Entries submitted must be new products that are commercially available in the United States and have been released since January 1, 2018 and […]
Mouser Electronics and Grant Imahara launch 2019 Empowering Innovation Together Series, “Engineering Big Ideas”
Mouser Electronics Inc. and celebrity engineer Grant Imahara join forces for the fifth consecutive year in this latest edition of the award-winning Empowering Innovation Together series: Engineering Big Ideas. To watch the first video, go to https://youtu.be/VRrqHSJFqlM. This four-part series will explore the process of turning an idea into a product and examine the path to […]
Dish to Acquire EchoStar’s Broadcast Satellite Business
Dish Network is scooping up more EchoStar assets, announcing Monday plans to acquire the company’s Broadcast Satellite Service (BSS) business in an all-stock deal valued at $800 million. The portion of EchoStar’s business that the satellite pay-TV operator is acquiring manages and provides broadcast satellite services primarily to Dish Network, along with telemetry, tracking, […]
Disney Takes Control of Hulu
Disney has struck a deal with Comcast to take over full control of Hulu, the companies announced Tuesday. Hulu operations are in the sole hands of Disney effective immediately, and the entertainment giant can gain control of Comcast’s 33 percent ownership interest starting in 2024. Under the agreement, by as early as January 2024 Comcast […]